New York’s housing crisis remains a hot button topic despite growing consensus that varied and affordable housing is desperately needed statewide. Governor Hochul has recently introduced several initiatives to overcome N.Y.’s anti-housing climate that, for years, has withstood change. In July 2023, governor Hochul signed Executive Order 30 creating the Pro-Housing Community Program. When first established, the program offered priority status to certified Pro-Housing Communities…

Avoiding unionization has become more fraught with problems for employers. The National Labor Relations Board just announced a decision in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, overruling its prior decision in Tri-Cast, Inc., 274 NLRB 377 (1985) and clarifying the test that the Board will use to evaluate whether employer predictions about the impact of unionization on the relationship between individual employees and their employer are…

There are less than 60 calendar days until the deadline for existing entities to file their beneficial ownership interest (“BOI”) reports to comply with requirements under the federal Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA requires that a BOI report (“BOI Report”) be filed by 1) nonexempt limited liability companies (“LLCs”), corporations, partnerships and any entity that is formed by filing a document with a secretary…

Although the National Association of Realtors (NAR) does not directly affect New York State, the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) is following the lead of NAR and is complying with the terms of the NAR settlement. The NAR settlement is a class action suit that has a current settlement value of over $418,000,000, which the U.S. District Court for the Western District of…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and will continue to impact the construction industry and all facets of how people do business. The fast-paced development of AI in both the construction industry and legal profession cannot be ignored. While AI can be a useful tool when used correctly, having experienced human interaction, oversight and accountability are key. AI may be able to generate fancy…

Over the past ten years, discovery has increasingly shifted focus from the traditional hardcopy documents to electronically stored information (“ESI”). While the shift toward ESI discovery certainly began before 2020, the abrupt pivot to an increased remote workforce due to the COVID-19 Pandemic catapulted ESI discovery to the forefront. In this new world where a vast majority of business is conducted remotely or via email,…